Sensors and sensor networks play an important role in decision-making related to water
quality, operational streamflow forecasting, flood early warning systems, and other areas. In …

Having reliable water monitoring networks is an essential component of water resources
and environmental management. A standardized process for the design of water monitoring …

Urban water monitoring is an important task for quantitative and qualitative management of
surface runoff. A methodology based on entropy theory is developed in this paper to design …

Rainfall networks are the most direct sources of precipitation data and their optimization and
evaluation are essential and important. Information entropy can not only represent the …

Extreme precipitation events have been increasing in recent decades and have been
causing impacts to human life and property, which requires expansion of existing networks …

Rainfall is an important hydro-meteorological variable that has various applications in water
resource planning and development. Adequate rain gauge network gives immediate and …

An optimal sensor placement of a precipitation station network should fulfill different
regulations and requirements, such as coverage maximization, easy access, and uniform …

Precise fault diagnosis is an important part of prognostics and health management. It can
avoid accidents, extend the service life of the machine, and also reduce maintenance costs …

Landscape entropy can be calculated using Shannon's formula. Focusing on multicolored
square maps, it is shown how and why the spatial information of their square cells relates to …

The two major rainfall observation techniques, ground-based measurements and remote
sensing, have distinct coverage characteristics. Large-scale spatial coverage and long-term …